News tagged with american journal of emergency medicine
New study: Medical and financial impact of drug-related poisonings treated in US EDs
Over the past decade, drug-related poisonings have been on the rise in the United States. In fact, in many states drug-related poisoning deaths have now surpassed motor vehicle crash fatalities to become the ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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New national study finds 11,500 emergency department visits related to snow shoveling each year
Known by many as one of the least favorite wintertime chores, shoveling snow can also be hazardous and is associated with many serious, even fatal events among both adults and children. A recent study conducted by researchers ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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CDC finds most seniors don’t get shingles vaccination
Although a vaccine to prevent shingles has been available since 2006, less than 7 percent of U.S. seniors -- the demographic most frequently affected by the disease -- chose to receive the vaccination as of ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Obesity increases risk of death in severe vehicle crashes, study shows
Moderately and morbidly obese persons face many health issues -- heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, gallbladder disease and others.
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Hospital shootings rare, but rate of other assults high, researchers find
Shootings like the one in which a gunman shot a doctor and killed a patient at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in September are "exceedingly rare," but the rate of other assaults on workers in U.S. health care settings is four ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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New study examines effects of Graniteville, S.C., chlorine gas disaster
A new study examining the aftereffects of a chlorine gas disaster in a South Carolina town gives larger metropolitan areas important insight into what to expect and how to prepare emergency response systems for an accidental ...
Dec 29, 2008 |
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